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Adam Badeau, Military history of Ulysses S. Grant from April 1861 to April 1865. Volume 3, Chapter 28
George P. Rowell and Company's American Newspaper Directory containing accurate lists of all the newspapers and periodicals published in the United States and territories, and the dominion of Canada, and British Colonies of North America, together with a description of the towns and cities in which they are published: description of towns and cities. (ed. George P. Rowell and company), Alabama , Decatur, Morgan County, Alabama (search)
Decatur, Morgan County, Alabama
a town of 1,500* pop., on the Memphis & Charleston Railroad, at junction of the Nashville & Decatur Railroad.
George P. Rowell and Company's American Newspaper Directory containing accurate lists of all the newspapers and periodicals published in the United States and territories, and the dominion of Canada, and British Colonies of North America, together with a description of the towns and cities in which they are published: description of towns and cities. (ed. George P. Rowell and company), Illinois , Decatur, Macon County, Illinois (search)
Decatur, Macon County, Illinois
a town of 10,000 pop., on Sangamon River, and on the Illinois Central Railroad, at the intersection of the Toledo, Wabash & Western Railroad, 38 miles from Springfield.
Engaged in manufacturing, and a place of active trade.
George P. Rowell and Company's American Newspaper Directory containing accurate lists of all the newspapers and periodicals published in the United States and territories, and the dominion of Canada, and British Colonies of North America, together with a description of the towns and cities in which they are published: description of towns and cities. (ed. George P. Rowell and company), Illinois , Monticello, Piatt County, Illinois (search)
Monticello, Piatt County, Illinois
a town of 1,200 pop., on Sangamon River, about 30 miles above Decatur, and 6 miles from the Toledo, Wabash & Western Railroad.
The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Index (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller), D (search)
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 3. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book II :—--the Mississippi . (search)
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 22., Memorial day. (search)
The Daily Dispatch: January 21, 1861., [Electronic resource], A Mail Carrier attacked by Wolves--
Narrow escape.(search)
A Mail Carrier attacked by Wolves--Narrow escape.
--We gain the following information from a gentleman who passed through here about 10 o'clock yesterday evening, from Decatur:
The mail carrier between this place and Decatur, when about forty-five miles from here, on his return trip, was startled at hearing the howling of wolves, and, turning to ascertain the proximity of his danger, discovered, at no great distance, a pack of a hundred or more wolves, apparently frenzied with hungeDecatur, when about forty-five miles from here, on his return trip, was startled at hearing the howling of wolves, and, turning to ascertain the proximity of his danger, discovered, at no great distance, a pack of a hundred or more wolves, apparently frenzied with hunger, and with lolling tongues, rapidly lessening the distance between them and the horror-stricken mail-carrier.
Viewing thus his danger, with desperation lent by despair, the mail-carrier immediately put whip to his horse, hoping to gain a place of refuge ere the hungering wolves could overtake him; but the wolves gradually gained upon him, he beginning to think that his sands of life had nearly run out, when suddenly a tree presented itself to his gladdened vision for which he rode for dear li